Trump is obviously a bell end, but credit where it is due, IF he pulls off a peace treaty and denuclearization of Korea (I'm still sceptical...) then that is a huge foreign policy achievement.

I actually thought him suspending military manoeuvres was quite a bold step - somebody had to give something to get things moving, and it would be easy enough to start them again should things not progress.

The devil is in the detail. Until details emerge on what has actually been agreed upon and we see that NK is willing to hold up it's end of the deal, then the champagne should be kept on ice.

First reports are that the deal is wishy washy concerning NK having to denuclearise but Trump has committed to stop military exercises with SK and the removal of US troops from the peninsula. Looks like a great deal for NK who have managed successfully to alter the status quo with their nuclear aspirations. I wonder what the government in the south are now thinking.

Are we forgetting that Trump has also torn up an agreement with Iran which is the exact same agreement that he is trying to get in North Korea?

Crazy.

J

I think I'm right in saying that the Iran deal had important checks and balances written in to it, to ensure they were keeping to the deal, yet it was the worst deal ever because it wasn't Everything We Want Already. This one is a vague aspiration, that they already had, and which has been agreed several times in the past before being reneged upon.

Mike Pence said beforehand that any result other than complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation would be unacceptable. By their own terms, it doesn't seem to have worked out.

About as classy as standing infront of a TV camera mumbling ***** Trump , that was really class from De Niro

Agreed.

Dear Niro is a US citizen, though, not the President. He is entitled to criticise those in power in any legal way he chooses.

Trump is an immature child who can't stop himself. He's so thin skinned it's so easy to goad him into a reaction. It's not as if what Dr Niro said was damaging or new or clever. It was a generic and ubiquitous swear word.

It's like Billy Connolly's joke about the Pope being told to F off. Hilarious.

The devil is in the detail. Until details emerge on what has actually been agreed upon and we see that NK is willing to hold up it's end of the deal, then the champagne should be kept on ice.

First reports are that the deal is wishy washy concerning NK having to denuclearise but Trump has committed to stop military exercises with SK and the removal of US troops from the peninsula. Looks like a great deal for NK who have managed successfully to alter the status quo with their nuclear aspirations. I wonder what the government in the south are now thinking.

Agree about devil being in the detail, something I suspect is lost a bit on the POTUS! I too am sceptical.

I hadn't realised they had promised to move all US forces out of South Korea, I thought he had only suspended joint military manoeuvres with the South?

There is no denying that things have moved further under trump on this issue than they ever did under Nobel peace prize winning Obama.

Economy booming, record low unemployment amongst black and hispanic groups, talking the talk on the international stage, taking on everyone on trade barriers, historic meeting with NK, he's nailing it and the only response is to call him a Nazi.

That's bollocks. Calling him that only attracts other racist, misogynist, nazis.

That's bollocks. Calling him that only attracts other racist, misogynist, nazis.

I don't know if you're being serious with that comment, but if you are, that's an extremely ill informed statement to make. The majority of Americans that support President Trump are the forgotten men and women from the so-called flyover states who were sick and tired of being dictated to by the left leaning coastal states. There can be no question that President Trump has achieved more for the American people in a year and a half than the previous incumbant managed in eight years, yet rather than acknowledge that, you label his supporters as racists. Why?

But, I still think he deserves credit for moving the debate on. And I kinda hope that the North Koreans aren't taking the Mick, because I would be a bit worried of the response if it turns out that way.

But, I still think he deserves credit for moving the debate on. And I kinda hope that the North Koreans aren't taking the Mick, because I would be a bit worried of the response if it turns out that way.

I don't know if you're being serious with that comment, but if you are, that's an extremely ill informed statement to make. The majority of Americans that support President Trump are the forgotten men and women from the so-called flyover states who were sick and tired of being dictated to by the left leaning coastal states. There can be no question that President Trump has achieved more for the American people in a year and a half than the previous incumbant managed in eight years, yet rather than acknowledge that, you label his supporters as racists. Why?

I'm sure he has many supporters who are not racist, misogynist, nazis. My point was that calling him a racist, misogynist, nazi is unlikely to attract undecided black, feminist, communists.

This is where I am. It’s actually quite embarrassing watching news outlets giving him no credit when they’d have been fawning over Obama if this had happened on his watch.

Except that's not true. Obama or Bush could easily have met with the leader of NK. North Korea want to be seen as an equivalent, a player on the world stage. Trump gave them exactly what they wanted and for nothing in return. It was a phot op, nothing more.

Seeing their flags draped next to the US's will go down in history as a national embarrassment. All for a vague statement which achieves nothing like what Trump and his camp proposed as success. Statements from NK that are virtually identical to ones they've reneged on in the past 15 years.

Economy booming, record low unemployment amongst black and hispanic groups, talking the talk on the international stage, taking on everyone on trade barriers, historic meeting with NK, he's nailing it and the only response is to call him a Nazi.

So basically a strong economy, most of which can be attributed to Obama

Trumps tax cuts aren't good for the economy. Trade wars will be disastrous despite his tough guy rhetoric

Its pretty funny when alot of hollywood/the press call him these names when he become president and never before he ran-became president... funny that !!
and it is pretty funny in regards these *celebs* whom claimed they would move elsewhere if he won,...sadly i dont think any did...?
Like him or not he made pledges and imo he is atleast keeping with them is all you can expect from ANY politician- i do wonder how many of politicans can claim to do as they pledge?
and I would love one of these hollywood millonaires to get of there you know what and run for president if they think they can do better..WILL any do that? course not!

What is it you think he's delivered that he pledged?

Has he drained the swamp?

Have Mexico paid for any walls recently?

Has he solved the opioid crisis? Has Jared Kushner delivered peace in the Middle East?